Peer Support Worker PRN Behavioral Health

Who We Are

People are our passion and purpose.Come work where you are appreciated for who you are not just what you can do. Memorial Medical Center is a199bed hospital offering a spectrum of care including diagnostic therapeutic and rehabilitative services both on an inpatient and outpatient basis.

Where We Are

From national parks and monuments to one of the toprated farmers markets in the country Las Cruces offers a world filled with natural wonder yearround excitement and historic proportions of fun. We are known for our safe and affordable living conditions outstanding educational system and friendly people.

Why Choose Us

• Health (Medical Dental Vision) and 401K Benefits for fulltime employees
• Competitive Paid Time Off / Extended Illness Bank package for fulltime employees
• Employee Assistance Program mental physical and financial wellness assistance
• Tuition Reimbursement/Assistance for qualified applicants
• Professional Development and Growth Opportunities
• And much more

Position Summary

The Peer Specialist provides peer support services as a parent consumer or young adult with lived experience in navigating mental health /substance abuse services. Serves as an advocate shares coping skills and provides recovery and resiliency related information for peers. The peer specialist performs awide range of tasks to assist and support people in directing their own lives and their personal recovery process. This means supporting people to live selfdirected lives in selfdetermined roles are sociallyincluded in communities of their choices. The peer specialist will role model competency in resiliency and recovery and ongoing coping skills.

Essential Functions

• • Will serve as member of the Care management team and will:
  • Assist his or her peers to identify recovery goals
  • Provide information and support to assist peers to effectively participate in developing a plan of care engage in teambased planning and facilitate cocreating of Wellness Recovery Action Plans (WRAP) as needed based on recipient choice.
  • Model and collaborate to develop problem solving techniques with individuals
  • Collaborate to assist peers how to:
  • Identify their strengths and needs;
  • Identify and combat negative selftalk
  • Identify and overcome fears
  • Employ coping strategies and relapse prevention skills
  • Share resiliency and recoveryoriented educational materials
  • Employ strategies to engage parents of children and adult peers who do not keep important followup appointments to identify barriers & obstacles and collaborate to find solutions
  • Assist peers on inpatient units to prepare a comprehensive plan for discharge that includes relapse prevention strategies
  • Link peers to communitybased peer parent and family support services
  • Serve as liaison with advocacy organizations regarding peer support training and implementation initiatives.

Non Essential Functions

Candidate must be able to work effectively and prioritize in a fastpaced environment in order to meet the demands of the organization. Candidate must role model competency in recovery and ongoing coping skills.

Minimum Qualifications

• • Minimum Education:High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Minimum Experience:Minimum of two 2 years experience preferred. Nursing Assistant or related health care field preferred. Experience as a medical technician in armed services is highly desirable.Mental Health Training preferred.
  • Certification:Possess and maintain a Peer Support Worker Certification from the New Mexico Office of Peer Recovery and Engagement.

Certification or completion courses must meet the standards of Memorial Medical Center.

EEOC Statement

Memorial Medical Center is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunities for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of color race sex age religion national origin disability genetic information gender identity sexual orientation veterans status or any other basis protected by applicable federal state or local law.